ladyscraper
man alive
What? I totally thought the election already happened! Thanks for clearing that up!
I guess I must have voted on Miss Chinese Toronto last week and just mistook it for the mayoral election.
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Rob Ford - Why the Supervillian?
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What? I totally thought the election already happened! Thanks for clearing that up!
I guess I must have voted on Miss Chinese Toronto last week and just mistook it for the mayoral election.
Coltaine79
Active Member
So who won that one?
GraphicMatt
Looking forward to a FRESH START for Toronto
The winner promised to cut the fat from the swimsuit competition.
Torontovibe
Senior Member
People are preparing for the worst but don't throw in the towel yet. It's not over until the fat lady sings. (or should that be "Fat F*ck"?)
Gavin
Active Member
It's funny that the guy campaigning on "stopping the gravy train" doesn't look like he's ever said no to gravy in his life.
Admiral Beez
Superstar
Rob Ford reminds me of Chris Farley mixed with John Baird.
adma
Superstar
urbandreamer
recession proof
I've seen quite a few Ford for Mayor signs in the windows of Bloor West shops. Any spotted downtown yet?
MetroMan
Senior Member
I haven't seen any signs. Aren't they prohibited until a month before the election?
Coltaine79
Active Member
Rules? Who needs RULES? They contribute to WASTE... and GRAVY! on a TRAIN!
MetroMan
Senior Member
christiesplits
Senior Member
Who needs rules? Let the free market decide whether or not Ford's actions were reprehensible.
nfitz
Superstar
Good grief ... that's a pretty blatant violation of the election rules.
Ford has to be the most blatantly corrupt politician I've seen running in a race I've been following ... well ever.
I can't imagine who would be naive to vote for someone like this. I'm not seeing people defending him like they used to.
Ford has to be the most blatantly corrupt politician I've seen running in a race I've been following ... well ever.
I can't imagine who would be naive to vote for someone like this. I'm not seeing people defending him like they used to.
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nfitz
Superstar
What's next ... is he simply allowed to pay people to vote for him? Threaten to murder his opponents so they quit?
There is a reason we have rules. And a career criminal like Rob Ford is always going run afoul of them.
Asterix
Active Member
Not sure if this is in jest, but if not, you get into problematic scenarios where someone from a well-off background (Ford family) is free to use his personal funds to monopolize the campaign picture.
So he doesn't spend any of his publicly allocated office budget. Do you really think he doesn't do things like write letters or mail newsletters? By using his private funds, there is no oversight into how much he is spending to promote himself and his activities in his ward.
Is that how we want our political landscape to be shaped, by the person who has more family money?
(For what it's worth, I'd give more leeway to the politician or political party who can convince others to pony up cash for their campaign rather than funding it themselves. At least the former is more subject to public visibility and oversight.)